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` UNITED STATES RICHARD HEIN, 0F WI'IIKOWITZ, CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

ROLLING MILL Application led December To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, R101-IARD HEIN, a citi# zen of the German Republic, and a resident of Witkowitz, Czechoslovakia, have invented a new and useful Rolling Mill, of which the following is a specification.

The rolls and the journal bearings or supports, or the chocks respectively, of rolling mills, especially when constructed as threehigh-mills, cannot be made, as is known, so strong that they are apt to stand the compressive stress arising during the rolling. This fact is due to the dependency of the diameter of the rolls which is a given magnitude. To house the bearings, only such a height is at disposal as corresponds to the diameter of the rolls, and, besides, the fact must be considered that the rolls Iwhen being worn oli must be turned off whereby the diameter of each thereof is diminished by about one tenth. These causes give rise to a construction that is rather weak in proportion to the roll pressure, in consequence of which fracturesand defiections of the bearings may occur.

The object of the present invention is to obviate these drawbacks, and for this purpose the space required for the housing of the roll bearings is procuredvby positioning the bearings of the several rolls in staggered arrangement, without, however, altering the distance between the centres of the journal bearings of each individual roll, or making these distances different among each other. But as regards each individual roll, the distance between the center of one of its journ l bearings and its middle plane is difere t from the distance between the centre of its other joi1rnal`bearing and that plane.

The invention is, thus, especially suited for the employment of ball and roller bearings for the roll-journals, as these bearings require, as is known, particularly great housing heights.

lNow, in order to be able to effect with such bearings the axial adjustment of the rolls in a manner which does not impair the security of the service, the roll is, according to the present invention, shifted simultaneously with its two bearings and the housing acj cessories which is rendered possible by connecting rigidly with eaclnother the bea-ring housings, or theaccessories respectively.

Another object of the invention is torender possible. the use of the novel bearing ar- 26, 1922. Serial No. 609,122;

ing which lies more distant from the middle plane, 'is fastened on'the journal stump remalning after the removal of the wobbler of one journal of the old roll, the fastening being preferably effected by means of a cap, sleeve, box, or similar device.

The fastening means are of course, made preferably integral with the bearing journal. The fastening may be effected by shrinking said means upon the journal l stump, or in any other suitable manner. This non-employed journal is, preferably, so dimensioned that it is able to support also an axial thrust bearing provided at the side of the bearing for the roll.

Fastening uponl the roll journal the inner rlngv which serves to retain the bearing in axial direction is ei`ected, according to the present invention, by putting the inner rings under tension by means of sleeves that are to be shoved upon the roll journals and are secured against rotation and may serve also for lretaining special thrust bearings, ifsuch are provided. j

`The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a three-high rolling mill provided with the novel arrangement and combination of parts; Figure 2'is asideview of Figure 1; Figure 3 isaplan of the supporting members of the upper roll; Figure 4.- is a transverse section of the fastening means for the inner ring; Figure 5 is a vertical section of the device for lifting and lowering both ends ofthe upper roll at a time; Figure 6 is a similar lillustration showing another form of construction of this device; Figure 7 is also a similari' illustration showing still another l form of construction of that device; Figure- 8 is an illustration similar to Figure 1t and shows a form of construction of the rolling mill in which the rolls can be axially shifted; Figure 9 is a side-viewv of this form of con# struction; vFigure 10 is a front view, partly in vertical section, of three rolls and shows that form of construction of the invention which has been devised for old rolls. v

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, VY1 Wz t the roll obtained.

are the housings or stands, in which the lower roll U with its bearings L5 L, the middle roll M with its bearings Ls L4, and the lower roll with its bearings L1 'L2, are supported. The middle plane of the rolling mill frame stands vertically with respect to the roll axes, and the journals .a1 z2 of the upper roll are arranged in unequal distances from that plane;`the same is the case as regards the journals z3 .a1 of the mid le roll and the journals a5 e of the lower one. rIPhe journals and the bearings of the super osed rolls are positioned in staggered arrangement in the manner shown in Figure l, and owing to the arrangement of the journals .a1 a2 of the roll O the necessary space for the bearins L3 L4 and the journals .e2 z2 of The journals z5 e and the bearings L5 Le of the roll U are located like the corresponding journals and bearings of the roll O.

`The distances between the centres of the ournal bearings 21 z2, between thejournal earings a2 a4, and between the journal bearings 25 e6, is in this case equal to the distance between the centres of the journal vbearings of the rolling mills as hitherto constructed.

Each,roll is furnished with roller bearings. R1 R2 are the roller bearings of the roll O, R8 R1 those of the roll M, and R5 R those vof the roll U. Besides these roller bearingswzr double-acting axial lthrust bearing is provided for each roll. D1 is the thrust bearing of the roll O; D2 is that of the roll M, and D3 that of the roll U. Each of these thrust bearings is located upon an elongation of the respective journal, viz. 21, z2 and 25. y Starting the lower roll is effected in the usual manner. This roll is supported, by the mediation of the casings of its bearings Ll5 L, by wedges K1 K2 which may glide in guide pieces F1 F2 connected with the stands W1 W2. The wedges K1 K2 form racks at their lower sides, and cog-wheels Z affixed u on shafts s are meshing with said racks. Fach of these shafts is provided with a worm-wheel S rotated by a worm (not shown The roll ner from suspension rods H1 H2 (Figure 2), the nuts t1 t2 of which rest upon the top A, whereas wedges k1 7a2 inserted into the-lower ends of said rods are connected with the casings of the bearings L1 L2. The top A is secured to the stands W1 W2 by means of screws S1 S2 connected with the stands by bolts Z1 Z2. Re-adjusting during work, and regulating the resistance to pressure, while the roll O is in operation, is effected by pres` sure screws 1 d2 engaging nuts m1 m2 pressed into `the top A and prevented from rotation/by suitable means. In order to prevent the accessories, or the casings of the bearings L1 L2 of the roll O respectively,

is .suspended in the usual manarrangement in consequence of the necessary separate actuation of the nuts t1 152, one v of the arrangement and 'combination vof `parts illustrated in Figures 5, 6, and 7 may be employed. In -Figure 5 the nuts m are elongated beyond the top of the housing and,

provided with an exterior thread upon which two nuts g1 g2 are screwed. Between these nuts is a traverse o from which the suspension screws'I-I1 H2 are suspended. By turning the nuts g1 q2 bothsuspensionscrews are lifted or lowered simultaneously and uniformly together with the roll O.

In the form of construction shown in Figur-e 6, a screw-threaded sleeve e is placed upon the top of the housing. The pressure screw al1 passes freely through this sleeve; A nut 1 vis screwed upon the sleeve e, and another nut 2 is screwed upon the nut 1, and the two nuts hold between them a support j from which thev suspension screws are suspended by the mediation of j coiled springs, as shown.

In Figure 7 an arrangement is shown, in which each of the pressure nuts m1 m2 is furnished with an yelongation extending forth beyond the top A and provided with an external thread upon which is screwed the nut i which carries the nut i2. The support j1 is also in this case located between these nuts, just as in Figure 6.

At -the inner sides of the stands W1 are lugs N1 N2 which extend into slots provided in the bearings L2 L4 of the roll M, whereby this roll is held in proper position at the stands. To prevent the roll M from being lifted together with its bearings during the rolling operation, two pairs of vertical bars B1 B2 are provided, one pair on one side of the housing, the other pair on the other side thereof. The lower ends of these rods bear u on the upper surfaces of the bearings Ls L, as shown in Figure 2. Anyhow, this means is merely an example. Instead of the bars B1 B2 bows may be employed, or wedges may be made use of to hold said bearings in proper position, or to prevent them from being lifted respectively.

Displacing the three rolls in order to adjust exactly the pass, and securing the rolls Y and the bearing casings in position to enable them to take up the axial pressures, is effected centrally and always from only one side of the individual rolls. For those purposes grooves u1, ut and u-5 are turned into the casings of the bearings L1, L'1 and L5, and cranked bars b1, b2, b2, Z2* and b5 b2, engage said grooves with their middle portions, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. These figures combined show the actual shape of these cranked bars, and it is to be seen from Figure 3 that the middle part of such a bar has an enlarged portion r which presses against the casing of the bearing. The bars -b1 b2, b2 b, b5 b are connected by screws -p1 p2, p2 p4, p5 p with sliding members G1 G2, G2 G", G5 G shoved upon threaded bolts y1 312,3/3'1/4, :1/5 y screwed into the 5 stands W1 W2. It is obvious that in view of the staggered arrangement of the journals and bearings of the rolls, two pairs of each group of three pairs of the various parts just mentioned are on the left side of the mill (Figure 1) and the third pair 1s on the right side.

Oneof the two sliding members connected with a pair of the cranked bars is slotted; thus, for instance, the member G1 (Figure 2) has a slot m1 and the member G3 has a slot m2 and the purpose of this ,arrangement is to permit a readjustment of the said cranked bars simultaneously with .the adjustment of the rolls. The screw-threaded bolts y1 and y2 have nuts u1 n1, or v2 v2frespectively, which press from both A sides against the sliding members G1 and G2. When turning these nuts upon their respective bolts, the cranked bars are moved laterally in one or the other direction, according to the direction of rotation of said nuts. and then alsothe casings of the bearings-L1 L2 are drawn home on the respective roll. This refers, thus, to the upper roll, as well as to the middle and the lower one. Of the parts just described only, those co-operating with the upper roll (O) have been illustrated in Figure 3, but itis obvious that the parts co-operating with the other twio rolls are of completely the same description.

\H To hold fast the inn/er ring J upon the.

journal z. the arrangement illustrated in Figure 4 has been devised. A'groove T is turned into the elongation of the journal, and the wobbler journal of the roll VO is somewhat reinforced at its inner part The recesses of the wobbler portion are milled down as far as to meet the groove T, and besides, recesses a are provided in the journal 'portion Q1. A sleeve H, the reinforcd exterior rim portion h of hich is shaped corresponding to the wob er and fits -with its other inner portion /upon that' journal portion which is located behind the groove T, may be shoved over the wobbler journal portion ,1 if its recesses lie just suited to thoseof is latter journal portion. After the sleeve H has been shoved upon said journal-r tion, it is so much turned that the massive portion of its rim arrives behind the projecting portion of the wobbler journal portiin Q1 and engages with its lugsn the recesses a, whereby the sleeve is prevented from turning during the servlce.

' The sleeve H has on its outer surface a screw-thread g upon which a nut M` is screwed. By drawing home this nut (provided, a `thrust bearing be provided in the 6 respective casing), the thrust ring D1 and the intermediate ring R1 are pressed against the inner ring J of the roll bearing and hold fast in this way the roll bearing l/V1 upon the roll journal Z. The nut M1 and the sleeve H are provided with a right-handed thread and with a left-handed thread according to the re uir'ement, as well as to the .direction of rotation of the. rolls, the object lbemg to make it possible to unscrew the nuts and also to screw them home during the rolling.. The Figures 8 and 9 show a device Vfor the axial displacement of the rolls.

The accessories L3 L1 of the middle roll M rest upon projections B .in the stands M71 72. The two accessories have flanges C provided with slots through which extend bolts D that are screwed into said stands and by means of which the accessories are prcventerd from` lateral displacement. The bearings L1 L2 of the upper roll-O are suspended by rods t from the hood A of the housing and are rigidly connected with each other by a traverse E. If the bearing or accessory piece L1 is displaced towards the middle of the roll, then also the roll O and the bearing or accessory piece L2 are moved along with said parts whereby the pass adjustment is obtained. It can never, therefore, occur with th/is arrangement that an accessory piece is jammed fast at the roll colla-r. The arrangement renders it also possibleto let tiri? outer rings F of the roller hearings R have some lateral play in the bearing casings L1 L2 whereby a dependable adjustment of the roller bearings is warranted and the roll O may freely expand.

The construction otV the parts in question for the lower roll U is the same as that just vdescribed for the upper roll O.

Figure l0 shows that form of construction of the mill which has been devised for used'rolls. The three-high mill consists also in this case of the rolls O and U. The means are. however. shown only in connection with the roll M. Those for the rolls O and U are of the same description. The roll M has two journals Z1 Z2 with suspended wobbler portions K. The roll journal Z1 supports the roller bearing L1. The wobbler portion K of the right-hand journal Z2 is removed and the thus formed stump supports the journal Z2' by means ot lthe cap H, and said journal Z3 carries within the bearing casing O the rolling bearingv L2 in staggered arrangement with respect to the like part of'tlie other rolls. D is an axial thrust vbearing located at the side jof the casing O. y w

At the joint of the journall of the fasten- -ing cap is an outwardly extending conical the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in 'staggered arrangement, as set forth.

2. In a rolling mill, the combination, with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggered arrangement, as set forth.

3. In a rolling mill, the combination, with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggered arrangement; inner rings forming parts of said bearings; sleeves adapted to be pressed upon said journals and to put said rings under tension and to be secured in place by, rotation; and nuts located upon said sleeves and being adapted to be pressed against thel said inner rings, as set forth.

4. In a rolling mill, the combination, with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggered arrangement; inner rings forming parts of said bearings; thrust bearings located in front of said rings; sleeves adapted to be pressed upon said journals and to put said rings under tension and to be secured in place by rotation; and nuts located upon said sleeves and being adapted to be pressed against said thrust bearings, as set forth.

5. In a rolling mill, the combination, with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggered arrangement; suspension screws extending upwards from the bearings of the upper roll; a traverse rigidly connecting two of the roller bearings with each other; and means to support said traverse, as set forth.

6. In a rolling mill, the combination, with the rolls and their j ournals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggered arrangement; suspension screws extending upwards from the bearings of the upper roll; a support rigidly connecting two of the roller bearings with each other, and extending horizontally from the one suspension screw lto the other; threaded sleeves extending upwards through said support; and nuts screwed upon said sleeve and having the said support located between them, as

set forth.

7. In a rolling mill, the combination, with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternatelystaggered arrangement; one of the rolls being stationary in said housing and the other rollers being rigidly connected with each other, as set forth. y

8. In a rolling mill, the combination. with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternatelystaggered arrangement; one of the rolls being stationary in said housing and the bearings of the other rolls being rigidly connected with each other, as set forth.

9. In a rolling mill, the combination, with three rolls and their bearings, and with a housing for said rolls and bearings, of

means for making the middle roll stationary in said housing, and rigid connections between'the bearingcasings ofthe upper rolls and those of the lower ones, as set forth.

10. In a rolling mill, the combination, w1ththe rolls and their journals, of journal bearings posltioned in alternately staggered arrangement; the journals serving to receive the staggered bearings being supported upon journal stumps formed by the removal of the wo-bbler portion of the journal of an old roll, as/set'forth. l

11j In a rolling/ mill, the combination. with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggere-d arangemen/t; the journals serving to receive the staffgered bearings being supported upon. joiirnal stumps formed by the removal of the wobbler portion of the journal of an old roll; and sleeves located between said latter journals and said stumps, as set foth.

12. In a rolling mill, the combination, withl the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggered arrangement; the journals serving to recelve the staggered bea-rings being supported upon journal stumps formed by the removal ofthe wobblcr portion of the journal of an old roll; and an axial thrust bearing combined with this vlatter journal, as set forth.

13. In a rolling mill, lthe combination, with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggered arrangeme yt; the journals serving to receive the staggered bearings being supported upon journal stumps formed by the removal of the wobbler portion of the journal of an old roll; said journal having a conical outwardly extending projecting member, as set forth.

14. In a rolling mill, the combination, with the rolls and their journals, of journal bearings positioned in alternately staggered arrangement; the journals serving to receive the staggered bearings being supported upon journal stumps formed by the removal of the Wob'bler portion of the journal of an old roll; fastening members located between said latter journals and said stumps; said journals having each a conical, outwardly extending projecting member located at the place of said fastening member, as set fort In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence'of two witnesses.

RICHARD HEIN. Witnesses:

FERD. CLAsEN, KURT SATIER. 

